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I had a 1988 XJ Cherokee for twenty plus years. Loved it, but the Jeep was
buggy. Wait until you get into the closed cooling system...
My brother and I found some ground loops that were playing havoc with the
electrical system. Bonded some of the major assemblies together and it
made it a lot happier. You might check to make sure the different parts of
the XJ are on the same ground plane.
On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 9:58 PM dave <dave@ranteer.com> wrote:
> We bought a car a few months ago (an 88 jeep actually). Wasn=E2=80=99t r=
unning or
> driving, needed some work, battery was dead.
>
>
>
> Today we finally got it running and driving using a known good battery
> from another car.
>
>
>
> Set the jeep=E2=80=99s battery up on a charger a day or two ago and decid=
ed to try
> it in the jeep after all we succeeded in getting it running and driving.
>
>
>
> Hooked up the positive first, then touching the negative caused a spark!!=
!!
>
>
>
> Double checked that we had the ground to the engine and the positive to
> the electrical system.
>
>
>
> The multimeter, with the red on the positive terminal and the black on th=
e
> negative, read -9.97
>
>
>
> Reversed it and got 9.97.
>
>
>
> Checked the good battery =E2=80=93 no, the multimeter is not broken.
>
>
>
> Checked the jeep=E2=80=99s old battery again, same results. Good battery=
=E2=80=93 same
> results (about 12.97)
>
>
>
> What is going on???? how is this possible? Yes, we are replacing the
> battery but if someone had told me this story I would have told him he mu=
st
> have mixed up the terminals, that its not possible.
>
>
>
> Can anyone explain this to me?
>
>
>
> And yes, we are replacing the battery
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I had a 1988 XJ Cherokee for twenty plus years.=C2=A0 Love=
d it, but the Jeep was buggy.=C2=A0 Wait until you get into the closed cool=
ing system...<div><br></div><div>My brother and I found some ground loops t=
hat were playing havoc with the electrical system.=C2=A0 Bonded some of the=
major assemblies together and it made it a lot happier.=C2=A0 You might ch=
eck to make sure the different parts of the XJ are on the same ground plane=
.</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail=
_attr">On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 9:58 PM dave <<a href=3D"mailto:dave@rant=
eer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,20=
4,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang=3D"EN-US"><div class=3D"gmail-m_54211082=
75786303479WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">We bought a car a few month=
s ago (an 88 jeep actually).=C2=A0 Wasn=E2=80=99t running or driving, neede=
d some work, battery was dead.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u><=
/u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Today we finally got it running =
and driving using a known good battery from another car.<u></u><u></u></p><=
p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Set th=
e jeep=E2=80=99s battery up on a charger a day or two ago and decided to tr=
y it in the jeep after all we succeeded in getting it running and driving.<=
u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D=
"MsoNormal">Hooked up the positive first, then touching the negative caused=
a spark!!!!<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></=
p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Double checked that we had the ground to the engin=
e and the positive to the electrical system.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"M=
soNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">The multimeter, wi=
th the red on the positive terminal and the black on the negative, read -9.=
97<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal">Reversed it and got 9.97.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNo=
rmal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Checked the good batte=
ry =E2=80=93 no, the multimeter is not broken.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D=
"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Checked the jeep=
=E2=80=99s old battery again, same results.=C2=A0 Good battery =E2=80=93 sa=
me results (about 12.97)<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=
=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">What is going on????=C2=A0 how is this=
possible?=C2=A0 Yes, we are replacing the battery but if someone had told =
me this story I would have told him he must have mixed up the terminals, th=
at its not possible.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<=
u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Can anyone explain this to me?<u></u><u></=
u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"=
>And yes, we are replacing the battery<u></u><u></u></p></div></div>** <a h=
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